Baylor News
“We are able to tell the truth about our history, where we come from, and where we might be going,” Garrett said. “And it feels to me like Professor Reddie coming this fall could be a really important piece of Baylor’s continuing to reckon with our slaveholding past with racism and with the idea of repair and how we might move forward together.”
“There’s just one race, the human race. And that race is multiple, diverse, varied and concrete, yet one,” Copeland said.
Following almost 10 hours of deliberation across two days, a federal jury awarded former Baylor student Dolores Lozano $270,000 for her negligence claims against the university. Although the jury found that Baylor had also committed Title IX violations, it didn’t award her any money for those claims.
Quinene joined Baylor from UT Health San Antonio’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies program, where she served as the Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator since 2015. Her experience and expertise spread far and wide as a licensed physician assistant with experience in various fields, including traumatic brain injury.
Waco News
Baylor’s athletics department has invited the entire West community to the Big 12 opening game Oct. 5 free of charge. The Bears will take on West Virginia University’s Mountaineers.
“Baylor has been a great friend to the West community and we want them to know we won’t forget about them,” said Nick Joos, executive associate athletics director for external affairs.
The Texas state government is using the Rainy Day Fund instead of general revenue to cover expenses such as water and transportation, said State Sen. Brian Birdwell on Tuesday.
Birdwell spoke during a Central Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce luncheon on LaSalle Avenue. He said he is concerned with the way the state is handling its budget.
Four years of planning for the Baylor Bound program culminated Monday as Baylor President Ken Starr and Dr. Johnette McKown, McLennan Community College President, signed the program into existence.
“Baylor’s partnership is critical to McLennan and to the people in McLennan County,” McKown said. “Our Board of Trustees and I really value our longstanding relationship and we look forward to even a closer and better relationship as we go forward. We also know that the future and quality of our community and state are dependent on just these kind of allowances and we know that our students will be successful because of that.”
The Lake Waco area is home to southern bald eagles, and the community is working to construct a 50-foot nesting tower to ensure that the eagles always have a place to inhabit in the area.
Janet Wallace, president of the Central Texas Audubon Society, said 20 years ago bald eagles were discovered nesting near the shores of Lake Waco. The Audubon Society is concerned, Wallace said, because the eagles have been selecting dead cottonwood trees to build their nests in.
